The director of Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, says that his team can stay in the race for the title of the Premier League if they do their job – from West Ham on Saturday.
Liverpool remains clearly favorite, opening the way for eight points, but they have now played a match more than the Gunners and have dropped points against Everton and Aston Villa.
On Sunday, they play Manchester City and Arteta knows that the image could change quickly.
He said, “We have to do our job. It’s going to be difficult tomorrow.
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“If we do it, we will examine this match on Sunday between Liverpool and Manchester City.
“There are 13 games to play, there are a lot to play. We have to be there. We are very experienced in the Premier League and know how difficult each opponent is. »»
Arsenal has finished as a finalist to City in the last two seasons, losing the title of two points in 2024 and five points the previous year.
That they can support a challenge this year may depend on finding an advanced option – midfielder Mikel Merino came out of the bench to score twice in Leicester last weekend, but Arteta would not suggest that the international Spanish would appear again in attack.
He said, “No, I didn’t tell him or other players. I want the players to be on this field who take the initiative.
“We have trained in the past few weeks with different players in advance. He [Merino] was one of them, with other players too. »»
